Revival in the Petroff
Erwin l’Ami explains why the “new engines” like White’s position in the line 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 (video)

Top-class training – from opening traps to endgame tricks

Top tournaments with top-class analyses

Top players and popular Grandmasters comment for ChessBase Magazine! Anish Giri comments on the two decisive games from World Cup semi-final. Also, a number of successful World Cup participants analyse their games: Vidit, Kasimdzhanov, Firouzja, Adhiban, Huschenbeth, Nisipeanu and Matlakov. Moreover, Peter Heine Nielsen, Anish Giri and Vishy Anand comment on selected games from the Sinquefield Cup. The new Russian champion, Evgeny Tomashevsky, analyses his victory over European champion, Vladislav Artemiev, from the Russian Superfinal.

Opening videos

The Najdorf twice: Daniel King examines the as yet relatively unexplored 6.Nb3, and Alexei Shirov shows one of his successes with the trendy 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3. Erwin l’Ami presents a possible rediscovery of 3.d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 against the Petroff (which also Magnus Carlsen employed with success against Alexei Shirov at the Isle of Man recently)

Karsten Müller presents the whole range of one of the classic duels from “storming fortresses” all the way to “Powerplay” by the knight. Plus video training with a total running time of over an hour!

„The Classic“

“Perhaps the best game in Rubinstein’s whole career” – Dorian Rogozenco, the trainer of the German national team, highlights in this presentation of an “absolutely perfectly played game” three key moments that will help you improve your understanding of chess. Let the Grandmaster from Romania show you the decisive tricks all the way through to Rubinstein’s impressive mating attack in the endgame!

„Move by Move“

Simon Williams has chosen one of the many attractive games from the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansyisk: Nihal Sarin–Eltaj Safarli. Why specifically this game? Because White’s play looks so extremely simple and because there is so much to learn for your own play from his artistry. Together with the GM from England find the moves of the extremely talented Indian player. Move by move!

Strategy – „Attacking ideas in the Italian Game “

The Italian Game has recently become popular again, not least because a series of strong grandmasters have discovered the attacking potential of this opening in recent decades. Strategy expert Mihail Marin presents the three most important scenarios.

Tactics – “The Variation Domino Effect“

Oliver Reeh’s tactical selection consists of 27 recent games, each provided with at least one training question. He also presents his three favourite combinations in our interactive training format with video feedback!